A city of Judah. (Joshua 15:56; Hosea 2:22) The name means, seed of God; from Zeruah, seed, and El, God. Children were called by this name. (1 Chronicles 4:3; Hosea 1:4) The Jezreel, where Ahab's palace was, lay distant from the city of Judah. (2 Kings 9:10)